France, Germany should take lead after Brexit – Hollande

France and Germany should "take the initiative" after British voters decided their country should quit the EU, French President Francois Hollande said Sunday, according to The Daily Star.

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"A friendly country, an allied country with whom we have so many ties has just decided to leave our union, the European Union, which we believed to be indestructible and indissoluble," Hollande said at a World War II commemoration, The Daily Star wrote.

"It is now the responsibility of France and Germany to take the initiative, because we have shown that from unhappiness, horror and war, we (two) were able to forge a strong friendship," said Hollande, referring to the post-war forces behind the founding of the EU.